Art, Symbol & Imagination
Mercury and Vulcan at the Hearth: Emblem X
Two male figures stand in a stone interior before a seated worker at a bright hearth. A winged hat and the tools of the fire distinguish the mythological company. Emblem X joins Mercury with Mercury and fire with fire in its allegory of corresponding substances.
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Matthaeus Merian. "Mercury and Vulcan at the Hearth: Emblem X" [editorial title]. In Atalanta Fugiens, Michael Maier. Inspected engraved title: Oppenheim, Hieronymus Galler for Johann Theodor de Bry, M DC XVIII (1618). Latin and German historical printing with musical fugues and engraved emblems, final errata. Printing date checked on an enlarged crop of the existing title derivative. No modern English translation or new commentary., 1618, Hieronymus Galler for Johann Theodor de Bry. Source scan leaf 57. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-mercury-vulcan
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Descriptive title supplied for browsing. The complete original page retains its Latin motto, epigram, margins and paper tone. The scene belongs to Maier’s historical alchemical allegory.
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Matthaeus Merian. Mercury and Vulcan at the Hearth: Emblem X. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 57. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-mercury-vulcan